1. FRICTIONAL HEAD
LOSSES IN PIPES
TALKING HEADS
CLAUDE COLLIER KELSEY HENDERSON
GARRET OZBOLT MICHAEL SCOTT-PIESCO
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2. PRESSURE DROP IN PIPES:
INTRODUCTION
• Necessity of Fluid Transport
• Fluids move from high to low energy state
• Incur energy losses
• Pump Sizing
• Piping Arrangement
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5. FANNING FRICTION FACTOR
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• Definition: “The drag force per wetted surface unit area (shear
stress at the surface) divided by the product of density times
the velocity head.”
𝑓 =
∆𝑃
𝐿
𝑅
𝜌𝑣2
Head Loss: Operative:
ℎ 𝑓 = 4𝑓
𝐿
𝐷
𝑣2
2𝑔
∆𝑃 = 4𝑓
𝐿
𝐷
𝜌𝑣2
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13. ROTAMETERS
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• Height of float is directly
proportional to fluid flow rate.
This one measures in percent
flow.
14. PROCEDURE
• Produce rotameter calibration curve
• Direct flow using valves on assembly
• Connect DP cell to pressure taps on desired pipe or
component
• Set flow to 100% flow on rotameter, and begin decreasing
until 0%, recording DP meter output along the way
• Run procedure for 1" pipe, 3/4" pipe, and orifice meter
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21. IN CONCLUSION
Fanning friction factor and Reynolds Number
Showed the expected trends quantitatively
Error at lower flow rates due to differential pressure readings
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Convective Heat Transfer Experiment
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0.001
0.002
0.003
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.007
25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 50000 55000 60000
Fanningfrictionfactor
Reynolds number
Taps 1&5
Taps 1&4
Taps 2&4
Taps 2&5
22. IN CONCLUSION
Relative roughness of pipe
Produced result 10X larger than expected, 0.014mm as
opposed to accepted value of 0.0015mm, error most likely
from differential pressure meter readings being off
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23. IN CONCLUSION
Orifice meter coefficient
Value of 0.75 is slightly high, however reasonable given the
accepted value is 0.6-0.65
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